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Addressing Water Scarcity in Agriculture: Innovative Management Strategies for Sustainable Cropping Systems

edited by

Mohamed Houssemeddine Sellami

and

Mauro Mori

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1073 | Submission Open

Keywords: water scarcity; sustainable irrigation strategies; precision irrigation; drought resilience; crop water productivity; deficit irrigation; agriculture water management; water optimization; climate-smart farming; innovative water strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)

Soil Improvement and the Efficient Utilization of Water and Fertilizer in Greenhouse Crops

edited by

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 21 articles | Viewed by 70420 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; fertilization; biochar; water and fertilizer use efficiency; soil environment; greenhouse gas; greenhouse crop quality; plant disease; crop growth model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

New Inspirations concerning Breeding and Cultivation Practice to Enhance Crop Productivity and Their Essentials

edited by

Tingting Chen

, Weiyang Zhang and

Guanfu Fu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17881 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; high efficiency; new strategies; regulation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Effects of Soil Tillage and Fertilizer Management on Production of Cereal Crops: 2nd Edition

edited by Juan Han

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13496 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; soil tillage; fertilization mode; crop yield; agricultural product quality; resource utilization efficiency; soil fertility and health; soil nutrient supply and circulation; sustainability of soil fertilization; greenhouse gas emissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

New Trends in Agricultural UAV Application—2nd Edition

edited by

Yali Zhang

and

Pengchao Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10258 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); remote sensing; sustainable agriculture; variable rate application technology; artificial intelligence (AI); deep learning (DL); agricultural information acquisition; 3D reconstruction; plant phenotyping; Internet of Things (IoT)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Stress Responses and Resistance Mechanisms in Plants: Physiology, Genetics, and Molecular Pathways

edited by

Hsin-Hung Lin

and

Shi-Peng Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8772 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic and biotic stress; defense mechanisms; crop genetics; phytohormone

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Characteristics of Organomineral Fertilizers (OMFs) and Their Effects on Increasing Nutrient Use Efficiency, Biostimulant Effects, and Enhancing Crop Production

edited by

Everton Geraldo de Morais

and

Massimo Zaccardelli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7722 | Submission Open

Keywords: humic acid; biochar; composting; mineral nutrition; metabolism; organomineral fertilizers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

New Strategies for Forage Breeding and Cultivation Under Challenging Conditions

edited by

Chrysanthi Pankou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7391 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage species; breeding; resilient varieties; yield optimization; functional traits; phenotyping; livestock nutrition; integrated pest management; intercropping; sustainable agriculture; ecosystem services; regenerative practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

High-Voltage Plasma Applications in Agriculture

edited by

Kazunori Koga

, Takamasa Okumura,

Vida Mildažienė

, Katsuyuki Takahashi and

Koichi Takaki

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7214 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasma; high voltage; seed germination; seedling growth; plant hormone control; bacteria inactivation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Vegetable Adaptation and Mitigation of Abiotic Stress

edited by

Changxia Li

and Yang-Dong Guo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6285 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant hormone; quality; growth and development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Natural Products in Crop Diseases Control

edited by Rosa M. Varela,

Jesús G. Zorrilla

and

Francisco J.R. Mejías

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3533 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop protection; natural products; bioactive substances; crop diseases control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Physiological and Genetic Improvement of Crop Traits in Enhancing Crop Resilience

edited by

Dong-Hong Wu

and

Árpád Székely

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3371 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic resource; crop development; gene mapping; genome selection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Smart Strategies and Technologies for Sustainability and Biodiversity in Herbaceous and Horticultural Crops—3rd Edition

edited by

Christian Frasconi

Marco Fontanelli

and

Daniele Antichi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3162 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; organic agriculture; cover crops; intercropping; integrated/non-chemical weed and pest control; precision and digital agriculture for sustainability

Recent Advances in Crops Genome-Wide Assisted Selection Breeding

edited by Xiaodeng Zhan,

Weixun Wu

Xiangjin Wei

and

Yingxin Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3148 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop breeding; Marker-assisted selection (MAS); Quantitative trait locus (QTL); Genome-wide association study (GWAS); mutagenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Crop Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Stefano Marino

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2498 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield; integrated management strategies; soil; water; nutrients; weeds; pest management; biodiversity; innovative technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Effective Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Koffi Djaman

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2210 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; crop evapotranspiration; precision agriculture; crop productivity; crop rotation; soil moisture sensors; conservation tillage; soil erosion; buffer strips; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)

Abiotic Stress Resilience in Vegetable Crops: Genetics and Agronomy Approaches

edited by Giao Nguyen and

Małgorzata Szczepanek

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1936 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; heat; cold; flood; radiation; breeding; genomic selection; biotechnology; rotation; cover crop; conservation tillage; soil health; biostimulants; integrated pest management; precision agriculture; digital phenotyping; artificial intelligence; water use efficiency; nutrient use efficiency; protected cultivation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Biostimulants for Sustainable Crop Productivity and Protection: From Concept to Application

edited by Zoltan Molnar and

Wogene Solomon Kabato

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1828 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; phytohormones; amino acids; microbial inoculants; plant-growth-promoting microorganisms; microalgae and cyanobacteria; nutrient uptake; abiotic and biotic stress tolerance; plant– microbe interactions; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Precision Farming Applied to Grazing Lands

edited by

Domingos Sarvio Valente

and

Igor L. Bretas

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1752 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; canopy height; fertilization; forages; decision tools; digital technologies; grassland management; grazing management; nutritive value; rangelands; weed control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

Research Progress in Sustainable Pest and Disease Control of Fruit Tree

edited by

Dario Ivić

and

Vesna Tomaš

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1560 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest control; fruit protection; effectiveness; new technologies; IPM measures; biotic stress; tolerance; bioactive compounds; biostimulants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Modeling Soil-Water-Salt Interactions for Agricultural Sustainability

edited by

Min Tang

Chao Zhang

and

Ketema Zeleke

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1141 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil water– salt interactions; agricultural sustainability; numerical simulation; water resource management; soil moisture balance; climate change; precision agriculture; soil amelioration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Novel Studies in High-Throughput Plant Phenomics

edited by Ruifang Zhai,

Hui Feng

and

Wanneng Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 794 | Submission Open

Keywords: root phenotyping; micro phenotyping; field phenotyping; physiological phenotyping; novel sensing technology; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Influence of Agronomic Practices and Environmental Conditions on Phytochemical Accumulation and Antioxidant Activity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

edited by Urszula Sadowska and

Jacek Słupski

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 664 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; aromatic plants; phytochemicals; antioxidants; agronomic practices; fertilization; soil and climate interactions; secondary metabolites; functional traits; sustainable cultivation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Integrating Yield Maps, Soil Data, and IoT for Smarter Farming

edited by

Eduardo Godoy de Souza

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 579 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart IoT-driven; precision agriculture; land mapping; crop prediction; productivity maps

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Recent Advances in Novel Shelf Life Extension Technologies for Fruits and Vegetables During Storage

edited by

Rajko Vidrih

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit; vegetable; cuticle characterization; postharvest physiology; mold alternative inhibition; aroma volatiles; electronic nose; heat treatments; light irradiation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Fungal Endophytes in Plant—the Way Ahead

edited by Silvina Felitti and Guillermo Raúl Pratta

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: symbiosis; biodiversity; plant growth promoting fungi; biofertilizers; biocontrol

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Innovative Technology and Postharvest Management Strategies to Improve the Quality and Shelf-Life of Horticultural Products

edited by

Giorgia Liguori

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit postharvest physiology; fruit postharvest technology; fruit processing; fruit handling; fruit quality; fruit waste reduction; fruit safety; consumer test; sensory analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Effect of Disturbances on the Ecosystem Services of Natural Grasslands

edited by Ana Elena de Villalobos, Analía Carrera and

Elizabeth Juliana Jacobo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural grasslands; functional diversity; grassland degradation; NCP; disturbance regimes; climate change; biodiversity conservation; land-use change; sustainable management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

Agricultural Biomass Waste Conversion into Value-Added Products—2nd Edition

edited by

Giuseppe Squillaci

and

Alessandra Morana

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural waste; biomass; waste valorization; waste conversion; polyphenols; biotransformations; biofuels; bioactive products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

Robotics and Automation in Farming—2nd Edition

edited by

Marco Fontanelli

and

Lorenzo Gagliardi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; automation; smart farming; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Statistical Advances in Molecular Plant Breeding

edited by

Theodoros Moysiadis

and

Ioannis Ganopoulos

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical modeling; statistical tools; molecular plant breeding; high-dimensional data; multi-omics data integration

Soil Organic Matter and Humin: Implications for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Protection

edited by

Magdalena Dębicka

Piotr Stępień

and

Edyta Hewelke

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; soil chemistry; soil degradation; SOM structure and dynamics; carbon sequestration; soil-plant interactions; SOM functions; agroecosystems quality; environment ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Advancing Physiological and Agronomical Insights in Vertical Farming

edited by

Dafni Avgoustaki

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: vertical farms; optimization strategies; green cities; life cycle analysis; environmental performance

Advances in Plant Pathogen Research for Sustainable Productivity Under Climate Change Scenarios

edited by Leonor Guerra-Guimarães,

Helena Gil Azinheira

and Deila Magna Dos Santos Botelho

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease resistance; integrated disease management; disease modeling; sustainable management practices; plant pathogen

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Research Progress on the Microbial Biocontrol of Agricultural Insect Pests

edited by Itai Opatovsky and

Kannan Mani

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; bacteria; fungi; integrated pest management (IPM); beneficial microorganisms; microbial diversity; plant defence induction; field efficacy trials; microbial formulations; non-target effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Improvement of Legume Crop Production: Fertilizers, Irrigation, Microorganisms

edited by Shan Yuan and

Cailong Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: legume crop productivity; yield improvement; microbiome– plant interactions; irrigation strategies; fertilizer management; water-use efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Soil Organic Carbon Chemistry and Nutrient Bioavailability: Molecular Mechanisms for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Wei Zhao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; nutrient bioavailability; molecular mechanisms; sustainable agriculture; carbon chemistry; enzyme activity; microbial ecology; precision nutrient management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Effects of Storage Environment and Technology on Fruit Quality

edited by

Jiawei Han

Jiaming Guo

and Dorota Wichrowska

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold storage; fruit quality; environmental control; package; field-assisted preservation; 1-methylcyclopropene; bioactive substances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Innovative Techniques for Extracting and Utilizing Crop Compounds in Modern Farming and Horticulture

edited by

Mirosława Chwil

and Katarzyna Dzida

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; green extraction; phytochemical utilization; botanical pesticides; plant biostimulants; sustainable pest management; natural bioactive chemical compounds; natural repellents; essential oils; natural hormones and antioxidants; phytocompounds and phytotherapy; nanomaterial biocompatibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Research Progress in Agricultural Robots in Arable Farming

edited by

Xianping Guan

and

Wan-Soo Kim

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13920 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; arable farming; intelligent agriculture; agricultural perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Organic Amendments to Low-Fertility Soils: Current Status and Future Prospects

edited by

Jie Zhou

and Xiquan Wang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 19233 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil carbon sequestration; microbial community; greenhouse gas emission; crop production; straw; manure; green manure; biochar; biofertilizer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Lipid Action in Crop Development and Defense

edited by Xingying Yan and

Ming Luo

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: lipid; sphingolipids; plant hormone response; stress response; plant architecture; signal transduction; vesicle trafficking; ER stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

Advances in Precision Pesticide Spraying Technology and Equipment

edited by Longlong Li and Chenhui Zhang

submission deadline 12 Mar 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 15663 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; pesticide spraying; remote sensing; UAV; spray deposition; spray drift; variable-rate spraying; spray robot; deposits behavior; spray adjuvant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Sustainable Water-Fertilizer Management for Soil Salinization Amendment and Crop Production in Salt-Affected Agroecosystems

edited by

Rongjiang Yao

and

Xiaobing Chen

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 24852 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinization; water; nitrogen; irrigation and drainage; water use efficiency; model; leaching efficiency; soil carbon sequestration; salt-affected soils

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Fertilizer Innovation and Practice in Sustainable Intensified Agriculture

edited by

Witold Grzebisz

and

Nevien Elhawat

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11801 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility level; nitrogen action; nitrogen supporter; secondary nutrients; microelements; crop; plants; cardinal stages; yield formation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Cover Crops and Forage in Nutrient Cycling and Their Utilization in Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems

edited by

Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite

Edvaldo Sagrilo

and

Henrique Antunes de Souza

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7740 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality; grassland; crop rotation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Germplasm Conservation and Genetic Improvement in Tropical and Subtropical Crops

edited by

Xing Huang

and Qibin Wu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5967 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical and subtropical crops; germplasm; genetic improvement; biotechnology; omics technology; adaptive traits; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Enhancing Crop Yield and Quality: Insights from Precision Agriculture and Agronomic Practices

edited by

Agnieszka Klimek-Kopyra

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1752 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield and quality; agroecology; precision agriculture; agroforestry; agronomic practices; sustainable crop production; cropping systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Potato Production: Emerging Strategies for Disease Prevention and Cultivation

edited by Dianqiu Lv,

Shuhao Qin

and

Xingkui Cai

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1102 | Submission Open

Keywords: potato; potato seed; cultivation; agronomic practices; pathogen; disease control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

New Insights into Plant-Microbe Interaction

edited by

Eliana Dell'olmo